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  • Iran-Pakistan Pipeline: Is There Scope for Hope?
    Ayesha Khanyari    ·   25 Mar, 2014    ·    #4353    ·    Commentary    
    The stalled Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline is symptomatic of the reshuffle in the bilateral relations between India and Iran and Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. As Iran shifts its focus towards India, Saudi Arabia has channelled its efforts towards st...
  • China and the Ukraine Crisis: Walking on the Razor’s Edge
    Srikanth Kondapalli    ·   24 Mar, 2014    ·    #4352    ·    Commentary    
    The Ukrainian political crisis, like the earlier crises in Egypt, Libya and Syria, is proving to be a nightmare for China, despite Beijing’s maintenance of a calm stance on the surface. The referendum in Crimea is potentially applicable to...
  • Nuclear Security Summit 2014: The Way Forward
    Arun Vishwanathan    ·   21 Mar, 2014    ·    #4351    ·    Commentary    
    The third edition of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is being held at The Hague on 24-25 March 2014. Leaders and officials from fifty-four countries and three international organisations (IAEA, INTERPOL and the UN) are expected to assemble for...
  • Quality vs Quantity
    The Demographic Dividend
    D Suba Chandran    ·   20 Mar, 2014    ·    #4350    ·    Commentary    
    There have been a plethora of security studies in the recent years – strategizing everything – from environment to human security. The recent addition to this growing literature is on the demographic dividend – as an asset or l...
  • J&K
    Climbing the Wrong Hill
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   20 Mar, 2014    ·    #4349    ·    Commentary    
    During the past two decades a section of Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) have been looking for a space not only to denigrate but also demonize their erstwhile compatriots—the Kashmiri Muslims, even on unfounded charges. For this they presumably get...
  • US and the Asia-Pacific
    Will Obama Rebalance Further?
    Shreya Upadhyay    ·   20 Mar, 2014    ·    #4348    ·    Commentary    
    How is China and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region responding to the US rebalancing act? Will this affect the original scope and objectives of the US policy? Will the US rebalance its own strategies towards the region further? China’s...
  • US and the Asia-Pacific
    Rebalance Under Threat?
    Vivek Mishra    ·   20 Mar, 2014    ·    #4347    ·    Commentary    
    The limitations of the US involvement in the Asian security construct have been manifesting themselves often recently – particularly since the 2001 EP-3 incident – and with increasing frequency with the rise in China’s maritime...
  • Nuclear Security Summit 2014: India’s Record
    Sitakanta Mishra    ·   20 Mar, 2014    ·    #4346    ·    Commentary    
    Professor Chari’s assertion  on India’s participation and ‘results of its engagement’ with the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) as ‘mixed’ is moot (Mixed Records, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 18...
  • Nuclear Security Summit 2014: Pakistan’s Role
    Rabia Akhtar    ·   20 Mar, 2014    ·    #4345    ·    Commentary    
    Leaders taking part in the third Nuclear Security Summit (24-25 March 2014) in The Hague, Netherlands seek to reiterate their national commitments to secure existing nuclear materials in their territories and foster international cooperation in ...
  • Pivot and Rebalance in the Asia Pacific
    The South China Sea Dispute: US’ Dilemma and India's Options
    Abanti Bhattacharya    ·   19 Mar, 2014    ·    #4344    ·    Commentary    
    The South-China Sea dispute is axiomatic of the brewing great power rivalry between the US and China, raising serious questions about the viability of the US hub and spokes model governing East Asian relations. Notably, the hub and spokes liberal ...
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